Water elevator and carrier



C. Woon. R W'ATBR'ELEVATOR AND CARRIER. No. 393,285. Patented Nov. 20, 1888.

UNITED STATES PrfrEiwt` 'f EErcE.

CHARLES VOOD, OF FRANKLIN, ILLINOIS.

:SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 393.285, dated November 20, 1888.

Application filed October-28,1887. Serial No. 258,668.

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHkRLEs (Woon, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Franklin, in the county of Morgan and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vater Elevators and Carriers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and Iigures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a perspective view of my invention; Fig. 2, adetail side elevation on an enlarged scale and partlyin section; Fig. 3, a detail view, partly in section, showing the position of the lower ends of the levers pressing against the hoisting-rope when the levers are in use as a brake.

The present invention has relation to certain new and useful improvements in water elevators and carriers, and has for its object to improve the construction whereby the hoisting mechanism is materially simplified and rendered much easier of operation; also to provide means whereby the latch-levers will serve the purpose of a brake to the hoisting-rope when the bucket is raised or lowered. These several objects, above enumerated, I attain by the construction substantially as shown in the drawings, and hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A repre sents two posts ijrmly secured in the ground and have connected to their upper ends a cross'brace, a, and a suitable distance from these posts is a post, B, also secured in the ground and of less height than the posts A.

To the post B and to the cross-brace a is connected a wire cable, C, which is disposed on an incline, as shown, and to the posts A is suitably journaled a windlass, D, provided at one end with a ratchet-wheel,,b,with which engages a pawl, c, and also a balance-wheel, E, is secured to one end of the windlass, having a handle, d, for turning it, by which means the windlass is operated to wind thereon the hoistingrope e, one end of said rope being connected to the windlass andthe opposite end to the carriage,which will be hereinafter described.

The carriage consists of two metal plates,

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j' g, the former being in one piece,while the latter is practically two plates, or rather formed in two longitudinal sections, so as to form an open slot, l1, between them, which is closed at one end by a gravitating guard, F, pivoted to the upper section of the plate, so that the carriage will be retained on the cable when in use, but may be removed, when desired, by raising the guard above the slot, when the carriage can be detached by moving it sidewise off the cable. The guard by its own gravity will keep the slot closed at one end and thus prevent the carriage from becoming accidentally displaced.

ABetween the plates fg are journaled two seis of grooved rollers, i k, the roller.` bearing on the cable C, and over the rollers l.' passes the hoistingrope e, one end of the rope being attached at Z to the carriage. This rope passes down and around a grooved pulley, m, suitably journaled to a trip-bail, G, connected to and projecting up from the bucket H, and the rope thence extends up and around or over the rollers 7c, and along the direction of the cable and over a pulley, n, depending from the cross-brace a, where it passes down to the windlass D, to which it is attached.

Between the plates of the carriage is located a Weight, I,which is of sutiicient length to eX- tend some distance below the carriage, and

the upper end of the weight is slotted, as shown at o, through which slot passes the hoisting-rope e. IVithin the slot of the weight I are located the lower ends of latch-levers K L, and are held therein and to the weight by a pin, @,which passes through elongated slots r in the levers and is secured to the weight. The levers K L are pivoted to the carriage and are similar to thelevers in ordinary use,with the exception of the slotted ends hereinbefore described. The rope passing through the slot in the weight is retained in a true line while it is acted upon by the slotted ends of the latch-levers,and, as they press on the rope, act as a brake to prevent the rope from slipping and by pressure retain it in frictional contact with the grooves in the rollers 7c, and the levers by their pressure on the rope prevent the bucket from descending too rapidly into the Well, thereby preventing any injury to the 0peratiug parts of the device.

The latch-levers autolnaticall y engage with keepers M, which are rendered automatically adjustable on the cable G by means of setserews s. This adj nstability of the keepers M enables them to be set any distance apart on the cable C, and one of the keepers immediately over the well, no matter how 'far the post B is from the well, and the other keeper may also be set at any point along the line of the cable as circumstances require, so that the bucket may be held stationary at this point.

In order to disengage the latch-lever L from its kceperwhen setting the carriage in motion. said lever is provided with a cordt, so that the latch end thereof can be pulled down from cngagement with the keeper, when the carriage will descend down the inclined cable C until the latch-levcr K engages with the keeper over the well.

The bucket H has au opening through its bottom, over which is secured, in any wellknown manner, a valve, u, and to this valve is connected one end of a cord, n, ol' a length to reach up to the wellecurb when the bucket reaches the water, so that the valve can be opened by pulling on the cord until the bucket -is full of water, when the pressure of the water above the valve will keep it closed. The bucket is elevated by means ofthe hoisting-rope and wiudlass hereiubcfore described, and when the bale G on the bucket strikes the weight I, through the medium ol' the elongated slots fr and pin p, the latch-levers are operated and the latch K disengaged from its keeper, thereby allowing` the carriage to be pulled up the iuclined cable C by means of the windlass l), and when the latch end of the lever L comes in contactwith its keeper it will automatically engage therewith and hold the carriage stationary, when the bucket is emptied, by pulling on the cord @,which opens the valve u. In some eases the force of the water alone, when the bucket descends into the well, will open the valve; but should the valve fail to operate, the cord c can be brought into use.

In order to prevent any injury to the bucket by its striking against the walls of the well, said bucket is provided with any suitable number of elastic eushions,N,connected there to near its upper rim in any well-known Inanner, such cushions being preferably constructed of rubber.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a water elevator and carrier, an inclined cable provided with adjustable keepers, and a hoisting rope and bucket, the latter having a trip-bail and valve, in combination with a carriage mounted on said cable and havinga longitudinal slot extending its entire width, and a pivoted gravitating guard for closing one end ol" the slot, pivoted latch-levers having elongated slots at their lower ends,andaweight having an open slot in which is held the slotted ends ofthe levers,the rope passing through the slot of the weiglit,\vhereby the endsof the levers will bear against the rope and act as a brake, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES vWOOD.

Witnesses:

J. M. TANDY, Ross MAYFIELD. 

